13/09/2022
The Just Shall Live By Faith 1:
Vision & Humility
I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith. Habukkuk 2:1-4
God's plan was for righteousness to be made available to mankind through the finished work of redemption. And thanks be unto God, Jesus consummated that plan. Several Old Testament prophets prophesied of this coming redemption which we now have today.
The believer who is now made righteous in Christ is to live by faith. Faith is man acknowledging his utter dependence on God. To live any other way than by faith in God's Word is pride. Jeremiah 17:5 says "Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord."
Romans 10:1-3 speaks similarly about Israel- "For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God." To walk by faith is to walk in submission to God's way. Romans 4:13 says "For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith." Romans 3:21-22 speaks further along these lines- "But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:"
A refusal to embrace the faith life is rebellion and arrogance to God. One can't really walk in humility before God without walking in faith. Similarly, a person can't really walk in faith without walking in humility. We must continually realize and remind ourselves that in ourselves we are nothing. It's Jesus Christ Who is everything and it's in Him that we are something.
A key ingredient to walking in faith is vision. God's Word brings vision of who we are in Christ, what we have in Him and what we can do because of Him. By taking time to meditate on the Word and fellowship with the Lord in prayer, He brings vision to our spirits of who we are and what we are called to do.
We need to write out the vision that God gives us plainly and follow His plans for lives. Many times we make a plan of our own and then ask God to bless it. But God can't put His approval on man's plans. We can go to God to get His own vision and plan for our lives- for that is already blessed.
2 Corinthians 5:7 says we walk by faith, not by sight. We shouldn't lead our lives primarily by the testimony of our physical senses. We need another kind of sight- we need God's vision, which is His Word and not man's limited vision. Anything that can be seen or perceived with the physical senses is transient, temporal and subject to change. It is God's Word that's eternal.
What we keep looking at is of great importance if we are going to walk in faith. 2 Corinthians 4:18 says "While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal." Proverbs 4:21 says for us not to let the Word of God depart from our eyes. Hebrews 12:1-2 says to keep looking unto Jesus Who is the author and finisher of our faith, even as we run our race and follow the plan of God for our lives.
A man goes in the direction of his vision. We need to get God's vision for us which is contained in a general sense on the pages of the Holy Writ. His specific plans for our individual lives would be revealed to us by His Spirit in our spirits as we spend time waiting on Him in prayer. Faith is acting on the Word of God, God's written Word and also the specific instructions He speaks to our spirits.
Fellowshipping with God will most certainly cause us to be visionary and see beyond natural limitations. There are absolutely no impossibilities with God. Whatever that God-given dream or vision God has placed in your spirit, He will bring it to pass if you will dare to believe Him and act upon His Word.
Dinah Yalien Dauda
God's royal amazon is a ministry saddled with the MANDATE of raising young girls, teenagers
